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14-letter words containing l, o, n, g

  • gone a million — done for; sunk
  • google bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • google-bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
  • gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
  • gosling, james — James Gosling
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • governableness — The state of being governable.
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • graph coloring — graph colouring
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • grappling iron — a grapnel.
  • greater london — Jack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
  • green lead ore — pyromorphite.
  • groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
  • ground control — an airport facility that supervises the movement of aircraft and ground vehicles on ramps and taxiways.
  • ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
  • ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
  • groundlessness — The state or condition of being groundless.
  • groundsel tree — a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
  • gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
  • gulf of guinea — a large inlet of the S Atlantic on the W coast of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas, Liberia, to Cape Lopez, Gabon: contains two large bays, the Bight of Bonny and the Bight of Benin, separated by the Niger delta
  • gulf of mannar — the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing
  • gulf of panama — a wide inlet of the Pacific in Panama
  • gulf of tonkin — an arm of the South China Sea, bordered by N Vietnam, the Leizhou Peninsula of SW China, and Hainan Island. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)
  • gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
  • gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
  • gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
  • gynaecological — Alternative spelling of gynecological.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
  • hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • height of land — a watershed
  • helminthologic — of or pertaining to helminthology
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
  • holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
  • home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
  • honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
  • house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
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